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Tubal Ligation

Service/Procedure Summary

Tubal Ligation is also known as 'getting your tubes tied.' This operation is performed to block off a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
252 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
156 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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80 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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167 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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79 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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100 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
June 1 - August 31 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
321 days
153 days
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
582 days
110 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
526 days
370 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
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Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Heather Stone
Dartmouth
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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Kingsley Mensah
New Glasgow
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Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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186 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
143 days
95 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
167 days
81 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
294 days
174 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
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Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Heather Stone
Dartmouth
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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Kingsley Mensah
New Glasgow
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Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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88 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
September 1 2021 - August 31 2022
Next Update: 
October 2022
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency/priority cases.

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